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PBS

Pbs: The Question of God

For Students 9th - 10th
Website providing information and additional resources for a four-hour series called The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life, by Dr. Armand Nicholi. Includes facts about and works...
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Other

Elements of Metaphysics: Arguments for the Existence of God

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter from A.E. Taylor's book, "The Elements of Metaphysics," which looks at Kant's and Hume's philosophy.
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil.: Ontological Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of the structure and history of ontological arguments for the existence of God. Lists the major attempts (and includes extensive bibliography for them), then describes the various...
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent, lengthy explanation of Leibniz's metaphysics. Divided into ten sections addressing his major ideas: monads, sufficient reason, necessary being, and substance, among others. Includes several diagrams to help explain the idea of...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pascal's Wager

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy discusses the philosophical and logic merits of Pascal's Wager, as well as the objections against it. Begins with a short historical and philosophical background to put the Wager in...
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Internet Infidels

Pascal's Wager Refuted

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the major arguments involved in Pascals' Wager. It also presents seven objections to Pascal's Wager, both on philosophical and theological grounds.
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Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Stuart Mill

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Mill's thought including biographical summary. Although it chiefly addresses his achievements in logic, Mill's opinion on religion are also presented in closing.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Agnosticism

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia on agnosticism, its historical precedents, and philosophical proponents.
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Primary
Other

Univ. Of Texas: Plato, Aristotle, Al Farabi

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the cosmological arguments (and corresponding concepts of "unmoved mover") of three influential western thinkers. Describes in detail the line of argument each pursues, and indicates the particular theory of causation implied by...
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistemology

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful introduction to the topic. Historical overview up to Descartes summarizes epistemological questions in ancient and classical thought. From there, lists the contemporary problems of epistemology that follow after Cartesian...
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Whether God Exists?

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt of famous passage in Aquinas's "Summa Theologica" in which he presents his five proofs for God's existence. This influential primary text should be of historical interest to anyone studying philosophy of religion. Please note...
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Website
Internet Infidels

The Arguments From Evil and Nonbelief

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents two contemporary arguments against the existence of God. The first presents arguments in logical form, then explains and defends in more readable prose. Often cites Bible verses to refute a Christian claim.